Bale



Sept. 18,1923. E. H. ANGIER BALE Fiied July 6, 1918 w f Vfl mm W3 m/ 5 mPatentedSept. i8;1923.

I EDWARDH. Arter es, orrnAi/ IueHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application riled my "6,

w om it mag concernk i Y following descriptiongiinconnection with the Beit known thatl, EDWARD ANomR; a

citizen of theUnitedStates, and aresidentof Framingham,:in the; countyof .Middlesex and State of Mas sachusetts,- have invented an ImprovementBales of which the accompanying drawings is aspecii'icatioii likecharacters 011 the drawings representing like/parts i ,This inventionrelates 'tebales andlthe object is to provide as a unit for shipment orstorage a bale enclosed in a wrapping of paperor s milar flexiblematerial which may contain a commodlty under a high compres sion andwhich wlllthoroughly protect the enclosed coininodity. In particular myinsible.

embodiment shown drawings wherein:

bale; and I r F g. 3 is partly itSOCtlOH and partly aside vention aimsto 'oby'iatepthe use of metal in preparing the bale and to providea'more durable package than'has hitherto been pos- My invention willbest be understood by the following description of the illustrativeFigure 1 is a perspective View otl the coinpleted bale;

Fig.3 lsalside elevation showiim a preliniunary stage in 1 the preparaton of the elevation showing the bale at an intermediatestag'e of itspreparation.

" The natured-tiny in entionmay best be understood 'by a briefdescription of the manner in which the bale is prepared and lwilltherettore first refer-to Fig. Qwherein That's indicated thematerial about to be "coinpressedtolorni the bale by the innneral 5 Thematerial ma be assembled with suitable covering sheets 7 and ,9 andsubje'eted'to compression between opposedpress members 11 and 13 anysuitable removable hating form (not shown) being [it ized if desired.The sheets 7 and9 are preferably ii atei'proofi a suitable niaterizilbeiug that shown' i'n Patent No. "T269140 iilated June '11. 1.918, toVVilliani v i 'heildonl The'mate rial is herein shown as compressedbetween sets of bars 15 and 17 which are conveniently "'r i'gid; barsand which may be, as shown; in-

set in the press members 11 and 13 so asto 5 provide-' substantiallycontinuous surfaces "-betweenflw'hich the 1naterial' 5' is compressed; I-"Afterthe'f material'fhas' been subjected to in the accompanyingber ofturns of the strip 2T. mayibe made by the use of adhesive which 1 e1s['Serial at, 243,515.

the desired degree of compression, as indicated Fig. 3 by the lesserheight thereof as comparedto 2, the sheets 7 and 9,

and may conveniently be connected, as herein shown, by a rolled joint 19across the ends of the bale. The fullness or the sheets at the cornersmay begathered into pleats 21. The two sheets may then be joined asby'means oi the adhesive sealing strip 23. The. pairs of bars 15 and 17are then conveniently connected across the sides of the as by means ofthe connecting bars shown in F151. 3 and the press members 13 and 15 maythen be separated to release the bale which will then beretained undercompression substantially as shown in Fig. 3 at the right hand portionthereof by means of ri'gidsided encircling frames comprising the pairsof bars 15 andl'? connected by the bars 25.

The bale niay then be completed by wrapping 5 the spaces betweenadjacent frames with suitable flexible nonanetallikw niateriah.preferably taking the Form oi: band-lil e strips of a width adapted toextend between the frames, A. 'rein orced tiaxper band such may beioldedover thelsides oi the same j as is shown in my Patent No. 1167, 166,-

dated Jan; ll. 1916, is suitable-For use. Such a strip or band 27 is prelerabl y sealed to the sheets 7 and 9 by suitable adhesive and woundround in a number of turns. asin dicated at the letthand oi Fig.5. whichturns are adhesively secured one'to another.

A compound is thus provided which pro- -vides both a' resistance due tothe number of t111IlS,'tl1lS resistance being sin'iilarto that ot a ropewhich is belayed to a post, and a resistance due to the adhesive iointwhich is of a, lengthone or more times the transverse perimeter of thebale, according to the num- Thus a jointis ol ample strength toniaintain the niaterial 5 under high compression.

'W'hen the adhesivedias set= the "frames tormedby the bars 15," 17 and25jareremoved and the completed bale will then appear substantially asin Fig, 1, theexpansive strain of the compressed material 5 being takenup 5 and resisted by the compound "bands 27 as such.

Since theties 27 arefiexible, when the rigid, frames formed by the barsreferred toe-re remeved the pressure on theties will from end to end ofthe bale and prevent V it'from bulging irregularlybetweenits ends} aWhile my completed bale, as shown in Fig.

1, to an extent reversesthe present prac tice in that the retainingtiesformed by i thestripsi27 are comparatively broad, cover themajoriportion of: its surface and are separatedby IQlZLtIVElf/"IIHIIOWspaces; it s my. intention, nevertheless, to. make the bars I 'ltj' and17Iofisome Width-as distinguished" l fromyvireibale tree whichwouldcut'lnto the baled material and allow the bale to v bulge betweenthe ties 'beforejthe strips 27' are applied. It Will benoted-ibyreferring to Fig; Q'that in accordance with themethod there shownthezmaterial is initially com- 1 pressed between two substantiallycontinuens-surfaces. so that init ally there is no i tendencyw forhlocalbulging. and I conven- .iently form the: bars and 17 of such Width-as tomaintain this compression .vithoutiany substantial bulging oi" thematerial n between them. The showing ofthe gdrawing is necessarilysomewhat diagrammatic in vievv ot the scale on which it has been :3necessary to illustratethe inventiom but. I

prefer to space the bars regularly 1 and to make them'of such dimensionsthat thesiirface engaged by them Will be from two to five tenths of thetotal length of the hale and may conveniently be inthe neighhon' v hoodotfone-tlnrd,thereof. For-example;

-.' 1napply1ng my invention-to the bailing o'lt clothing for army useand. tora hale an length I may use bars an inch in Width it and spacedan inch and'a halt'apart to receive'all reinforced strip 27, Inthe com 7pleted bale.v as shown in Fig. 1., the-broad band-l ke strips Willprevent any local .bulp;-

ingbetween them since 'lro'inone-half to.

4 eight tenthspor conveniently in theneigh- .borhood of two-thirds, ofthe. material is ,heldfby. the ties. y n V My invention provides a. baleenclosed in .acovering which preferably is water- I prooi and which doesnot require thouseot metal which might cutthe protective cover- .ingorinjin'e other packages with which the bale might come in contact. Theex- 1 pansive tendency of the higl'i'ly compressed 9 material withinthebale is resisted by the flies-27 .as such, the sheets 7 and 9. being;

primarily merely covering sheets to provide 'a continuous, protectingsurilac'e. It will hennderstood that the joint; provided by l thefstrip23 may bet-and ordinarily is of insuflicient strength to resist, initself, the expansive force ofthe material and. the

:..ti nguished from packages which are Wound iaboutwith coveringsWhether inwthelform baled material. It has'hitherto often been.

tensionin rthem. byjmeans of; the. usual the enclosing covering and arein'eft'ect" over the so-ealled completed haleasshownof non-metallicmaterial encirclingthe. bale :in a-plur-ality of turnsadhesively securedone toanother and to said covering," 1 shocks v of handling; -My bale isthus dis- 1 .of a strip oryothelwvisei and where these coverings are.merely an additional binding at best merely reinforcing" or.suppleinentingf the true compressionmaintaining elements The manner or"applying thebindings is such that the-covering sheets 7 and 9amnotharmed and because of their breadth and relativelyclosespacing theymaintainfa substantially uniform compression .uponthe a. attempted to..-cover baled materialj with afaper sheets-and holdi the 'vhole b metalbale, ties of the usualjcharacter. Such tieswere likely to cut. thepaper and the jact of tool was likely to result in puncturingthe:

paper-Q With the tiesQ'Z'; as here shown; the

entire surface of the inner turn engagesthe commodityiand the end oftheftie is secured entirely exterior to suchinner turn and noth: ing ispressed locally against 1 the covering she ts 7. and 9 in such away asto puncture th same. It has futherniore been foundthat when a-ypapercovered" bale was he] d, metal ties, thel.,expansionfo-the bale indie-:comparatively Wide spaces between the ties after compression wasreleasedWouldusual- ;ly burst or crackthe paper so that the paclel age would ben0 longerpwaterproof. In the constructionlas here disclosed such bulgingw is eliminated or greatly" minimized and there is little or no strainupon thecbyer ing sheets between adjacent ties. 7

Since the encircling bands 27 are sealedto mei ed into the. same :as an.integralpart thereof. the bandsmay be placcd' at'for very near the endof the bale and there is no dangoro'f their slipping oil" it, the-baleis temporarily deformed. 'sThe end of thelbalcx.

forced. Q 7 a It will bennderStoodthat any further exterior\vrappingmaybeappliedgif desired no inFigL-L n ,i llaviny; thus describedfor'purposesof illustration one .iornro'f my invention. the principlesexemplified thereby which I claim as new and desire to secure byLettersPatent Ishall express in the fOllowinQblaimsfl 1. A balecomprising-a commodity held under compression by ties'comprisingflexible non-metallic bands wound about the same in a plurality ofsuperposed and adhesively connected turns; I 1 2. A .balo comprising-acompresse(l commodity, a sheet-like'.cover ing for the "same andencircling ties comprising flexible bands .3, A bale comprising acommodity under;compression" by encircling,- relatively broadbanolselosely spaced,taprovideza sub- 10a .is thus'held in shapeandjpermanentlyreinstantially uniform top and bottom face for hesivelysecured to each other and to said the bale. sheet, the expansive stressof the material 4:. As a unit for shipment or storage, a directlytensioning and being resisted by 10 bale comprising highly compressedmaterial, said bands. 5 an enclosing sheet and ties each comprising' Intestimony whereof, I have signed my a band of flexible, nolrmetallicstrip Wound name to this specification. about the bale in a plurality ofturns ad- 7 EDWARD H. ANGIER.

